1,099 Quotes by Hermann Hesse

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    Ach nichts weiter. Und Sie und ich, wir haben vielleicht auch mancherlei an dem Buben versäumt, meinen Sie nicht?

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    What is meditation?... It is fleeing from the self, it is a short escape of the agony of being a self, it is a short numbing of the senses against the pain and the pointlessness of life. The same escape, the same short numbing is what the driver of an ox-cart finds in the inn, drinking a few bowls of rice wine or fermented coconut-milk.

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    لا يوجد في الدنيا شيء أشد فشلاً من أن يفكر الإنسان في أمر إنسان يحبه. تلك أفكار تشبه بعض الإاني الشعبية والعسكرية التي تعدد آلاف الأشياء

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    If a beautiful thing were to remain beautiful for all eternity, I'd be glad, but all the same I'd look at it with a colder eye. I'd say to myself: You can look at it any time, it doesn't have to be today.

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    Hasta la fecha, jamás he perdido la sensación de las contradicciones que hay detrás de todo y el conocimiento. Mi existencia ha sido miserable y complicada, y sin embargo, para otros y en ocasiones incluso para mí, parece haber sido maravillosa.

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    Jusqu'à présent, tu n'avais jamais pu supporter la danse ni le jazz, ce n'était pas assez profond pour toi et maintenant tu vois que point n'est besoin de les prendre au sérieux pour les trouver délicieux et charmants.

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    I did not want to be like anyone else. I wanted to remain in my own skin, although it was often so constrictive... I had to find a bridge to reach people, I must learn to live with them without always feeling at a disadvantage.

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